Inflation and fashion.

A couple of years back there was an illustrated photo hovering on social media of the ranging size of female briefs (I know less of a more decent word to call em under wears). The idea I behind the illusion was reduction of textile with ages dated back in the eighties to the start of the 21^st century.

With that I fetch out to find out if the briefs are all that changed or the entire attire scene has had change in reduction of canvas. I take you back to the 90s. I’m talking 2pac, biggy through to puff daddy era (back home it was kalamashaka era) . . . the trend back then from head to toe was, a sleek mavin cap over long afros or dreads, a puffy jacket underneath it a baggy t-shirt preferably a designer wear (Sean john, fubu, FILA or Coogi stuff were outstanding labels back then). Moving on, the jeans had to be baggy too with the sag on it. The label trend had not caught on back home during this time till ogopa crew brought kapuka into being (E-sir days). The toes wore big too (Timb boots came into trend back here just in case you think that is a new thing. Good thing they are here to stay.) Like a flipped coin picture the trend today. Head to toe once again, Short neat cut, tight fitting shirt over a simple vest (or without), well fitting jeans either so fitting with no sag or if any quite decent with it. On the ground, simple loafers or (as they call em out there) Rabo.

Relating the coin flip with current affairs, has it ever hit you that without the issues on global warming, the size of attire on our bodies would still be in large as the old days? Reason: put on em jeans in baggy and strut down moi avenue or better tom mboya street. You’d drag more than just the jeans on you body!!! With em reduced in size to either fitting (not entirely tight. That’s another discussion) you easily manipulate human traffic underneath no stress worrying about any drag.

Further on, inflation seems to affect everything you set your hands on today, right? I’m assuming you can figure out that it affects every sector in economical growth. Lets talk textile. For an attire to come into being a source of either cotton, silk or wool has to be there even if kuna GMO fabric (Iko kweli?). we focusing on that farmer who rears sheep of ploughs for cotton farming. Say inflation affects his ability to produce much out of his farm or his ability to do A.I on his sheep, his production will go down. Results would be less fabric for any designer out there to use and if much the price is obviously roof toping. Simple ideology, I have less milk, would I make tea or drink the milk plainly in mind the price of sugar? Translate that to fabric on a designers table.

 Enough theory lessons, today we are made to believe that fashion is all about revealing body parts for women or outlining the curves on em. I think the real deal is that we learnt to adapt to what the environment we are in invites us to dine with. With that I think I’ve settled on where the baggy days went what is left is me worrying about my kids generation (ile 2050 ya abbas) will dressing in.